afoul

Example Sentences

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Air Canada has run afoul of its bilingualism mandate in the past.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

If a trans person runs afoul of the law multiple times, they may be criminally charged with a misdemeanor.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

But if they cede too much responsibility to AI, that could lead to deficiencies in critical regulations and run afoul of a requirement that federal rules be built on reasoned decision-making.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

Old Hunter, an ex-police detective now working in private security, disturbs Chen’s depressive apathy with a request that he help find a man called X, a former philosophy professor who ran afoul of authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The tangent problem and the area problem both ran afoul of the same difficulties with infinities and zeros.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife